Head of Engineering

Superpower Health, Inc

$200K — $250K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-10 years in engineering leadership roles
  • Experience scaling consumer-facing applications
  • Proven track record in high-growth startups
  • Strong technical background with coding expertise
  • Ability to make critical architectural decisions
  • Location based in San Francisco

Responsibilities

  • Scale engineering culture to operate at extreme velocity
  • Own architecture decisions balancing speed and reliability
  • Translate product roadmap into actionable engineering tasks
  • Remove bottlenecks and drive engineering velocity
  • Mentor and grow top-tier engineering talent

Benefits

  • Top percentile salary and equity ownership
  • Access to a network of influential investors
  • Opportunity to work in a fast-paced, innovative environment
  • Contribute to a mission-driven company tackling longevity
  • Be part of a unique culture focused on health and performance
Full Job Description
The Role

We're looking for an Engineering Leader who can align, structure, and scale our engineering org while staying deeply technical. We're looking to build an org that runs at the speed of physics. You'll:
  • Translate the product roadmap into engineering execution.
  • Drive velocity by parallelizing work and unblocking constraints.
  • Get into the code when it matters.
  • Hire, mentor and grow top engineers into leaders.
  • Partner with product and design to ship with taste and speed.
What You'll Do
  • Scale engineering culture - Build and lead an org that operates at extreme velocity.
  • Own architecture decisions - Balance speed, scalability, and reliability.
  • Spec product work - Work directly with the CTO, founders, and product leads to scope, prioritize, and ship.
  • Manage velocity - Remove bottlenecks, shorten iteration cycles, and accelerate shipping.
  • Grow the team - Attract and level up world-class engineers who thrive in this environment.
What We're Looking For
  • Consumer product experience - Built and scaled consumer-facing apps with taste and user obsession.
  • Startup leadership - Been through 01 and 1100 at a high-growth consumer company.
  • Engineering leadership - Scaled beyond the founding team without losing velocity.
  • Technical depth - Strong coding background, comfortable reviewing and making architecture calls.
  • Velocity mindset - Moves at an extreme pace, unblocks, parallelizes, and accelerates work.
  • Based in San Francisco - Thrives in a fast-moving, in-person culture.
Archetypes We Like
  • Engineering leader at a high-growth startup.
  • Technical product leader with deep engineering background.
  • Deeply product minded who understands product + engineering tradeoffs.
  • Former startup CTO or founder.
Compensation
  • Top percentile salary.
  • Top percentile equity ownership - this is one of the most important hires to unlock speed at Superpower.


We're proud to be a global team and welcome talent from around the world. We offer visa sponsorship and can support relocation to the United States for the right candidates. Much of our team is international, and we're committed to building a team of top-tier talent.

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